Letter : to E.-J.-J.-A. Macdonald, duc de Tarente, 1818 Aug. 22.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter : to E.-J.-J.-A. Macdonald, duc de Tarente, 1818 Aug. 22.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612793632

Autograph letter, signed "L. Cherubini, surintendant de la musique du Roi, membre de l'Institut" and dated "Paris, le 22 août 1818," thanking Macdonald for his role in Cherubini's receipt of the commission of Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Legion d'Honneur; Macdonald exempted Cherubini from producing a letter of naturalization normally required of foreigners.

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 31 cm.

Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7798579

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z35qsf (corporateBody)

Macdonald, Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre, duc de Tarente, 1765-1840

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cj97qg (person)

Epithet: General; Maréchal de France British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x0000c3 Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre MacDonald (1765-1840) was a Marshal of France and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, regarded with respect for both his military achievements and his personal character. Born in France to Jacobite Scottish parents, he embarked o...

Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j0fkk (person)

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was an Italian composer and music instructor. He was a child music prodigy who went on to write many popular operas as an adult. He moved to France in 1785, where he continued to live and work, successfully surviving the tumultuous regime changes of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. After the end of the eighteenth century, Cherubini's operatic work was less successful and so he began composing church music. In 1822, he became director of the prestigious Conser...